Overview

Welcome to ULTIMO Productions, the boutique-style audio recording service exclusively
designed for classical music. Inaugurated by concert pianist Andreas Klein in 1987, we offer on-
location concert recordings and sessions, as well as related audio services for soloists and
ensembles nationwide. We provide our clients finished masters for commercial release of CDs,
broadcasts, or short run demo recordings.

Services

Concert recordings (in digital multitrack format or stereo) include some editing and transfer to
replication or broadcast-ready CDs with printed labels

About

Andreas Klein, an international concert pianist, shares his expertise and extensive involvement
in recording productions with soloists and ensembles since 1987. His mission is simple, yet
demanding: "provide the finest technology combined with impeccable service at realistic fees to
classical musicians nationwide."

The challenge of classical music production

Compared to recording other genres of music, classical music is performed as a finished
composition and the musicians have rehearsed the work arriving at a concept of how to play
(interpret) the music. Therefore, a recording is basically an aural snapshot of a performance of
the composition, whether in its entirety as in a concert, or in parts during recording sessions.

Sample Recordings

Audio Technology

We provide the most "musical" sounding digital technology, DSD and DXD for all our recordings.
These formats enable us to record, edit and master for any CD replication such as conventional
CD; Super Audio CD (SACD) featuring high-definition stereo, high-definition 5.1 surround
sound, and conventional 44.1kHz CD; DVD-A or any future consumer format. Depending on the
final product, we can select from any sampling and bit rate, and we are equipped to transfer
between a multitude of digital and analog formats.

We utilize only high-end tube and solid state Neumann and Schoeps microphones in a variety of
configurations such as Blumlein technique, Decca tree, and the more common A-B and X-Y setup. In general, we adhere to the "less is better" approach, with properly positioned
microphones and very little or no manipulation of the original signal path.